Research - Student's Clinical Outcomes
Outcomes of Trainees' Clinical Work
The first PTUK play therapy research report produced was
based upon the outcomes of a short-term play therapy project in over 20
schools. This is available to PTUK members who contribute data to the UK
national database of clinical outcomes - SEPACTO - developed
and managed by PTUK.
Our second play therapy research report (Autumn 2005) is
based upon the clinical outcomes of students placement work whilst taking the
APAC Certificate and Diploma courses. The Goodman's SDQ was used as the
measuring instrument.
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83 clients seen by APAC students with a mix of
experience (3 months to 2 years)
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Clients: girls 33% boys 67%
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Age Under 4 = 1.6%, 4-13 = 93.6%, over 13 = 4.8%
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1:1 sessions
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Average 10.8 sessions per client
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74.4% of the clients showed a positive change in Total
Difficulties
Significantly Worse
| 4
| 4.82
|
Worse
| 8
| 964
|
No Change
| 9
| 10.84
|
Improvement
| 32
| 38.55
|
Significant Improvement
| 30
| 36.14
|
Total
| 83
| 100
|

50.6% of the clients showed a positive
change in the Pro-Social rating
Significantly Worse
| 1
| 1.2
|
Worse
| 7
| 8.43
|
No Change
| 33
| 39.76
|
Improvement
| 12
| 14.46
|
Significant Improvement
| 30
|
36.14
|
Total
| 83
| 100
|
